The masks came off during Wednesday’s Monongalia County Commission meeting — literally. All three commissioners removed their masks a couple minutes into the session, following a policy […]
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Mon school district drives into summer with an eye on no masks for fall
MORGANTOWN — A guy has his priorities, Adam Henkins told members of the Monongalia County Board of Education Tuesday evening. He chuckled when he said it. That’s […]
No outdoor masks for kids
Mayssa Abuali and Amy Beck We are living in a modern dystopia when, in the name of science, adults enjoy life unmasked while young children are masked; […]
What’s the deal with maskne?
You may have heard the term “maskne” during the COVID-19 pandemic — it’s associated with acne breakouts that are presumably caused by wearing a face mask when […]
Mon BOE hears request to lessen mask mandate
Carmen Abreu is hoping to save a little face this coming fall in Monongalia County’s school district. Abreu, who first spoke to Board of Education members last […]
West Virginia University updates COVID-19 guidance
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University publicly updated its mask-wearing and out-of-state travel COVID-19 policies for fully vaccinated individuals in a WVU Today article published Tuesday. According to […]
We won’t all get back to ‘normal’ at the same time
For so long, COVID dominated not only our headlines, but our whole world. (It still dominates in many parts of the world.) There was nothing to talk […]
Prevent erectile dysfunction. Go get vaccinated
Not one, but two studies have linked COVID-19 to the development of erectile dysfunction. In one, called “Mask up to keep it up,” researchers found “the prevalence […]
CDC’s bad COVID communications. The latest example: Unmasking
by David Zurawik You can’t blame the messenger for not being clear if the message is a mishmash. And last week, the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Breaking down the mask mandate back-and-forth
MORGANTOWN — The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of sometimes-conflicting information regarding mask-wearing policies from federal and state officials, requiring local institutions and agencies to […]
